Canadian PM wants small businesses struggling financially to apply for rent aid. Applications open on Monday May 25th.
Canadian PM wants small businesses struggling financially to apply for rent aid. Applications open on Monday May 25th.
VANCOUVER - Near the end of 2018, Sheldon Petrie moved $40,000 into a self-directed registered retirement savings plan and watched his nest egg grow to about $55,000 at its peak. As of Thursday, Petrie's account had sunk by some $12,000 as markets plummeted amid the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, said Thursday the curlers were part of a Western Canadian doctors bonspiel last Thursday through Saturday in Edmonton.
Vancouver's fire department is preparing to stop responding to the site of non-critical medical calls to preserve its ability to respond to major fires and other emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MONTREAL - Air Canada is laying off more than 5,100 flight attendants as the country's largest airline cuts routes and parks planes due to COVID-19, a union official says.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland described it as a "negative-list approach" — identifying travellers who should not be allowed to cross, rather than those who should — as she urged Canadians and Americans alike to take a breath and give the new bilateral agreement a chance to take effect.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has recorded an eighth death from COVID-19 as the number of infections climbs to 271 cases.